XYZ Racing Racing Spec Coilovers — Porsche CAYMAN (981) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) 2012-2016

The 981 Cayman’s mid-engine balance is the whole reason people buy one over a 911, but factory PASM was built for road compliance, not for holding that balance through a fast direction change on slicks or track-day rubber. XYZ Racing’s Racing Spec coilover replaces the electronic dampers outright, and this cancellation-kit variant is built specifically to remove PASM from the circuit without triggering warning lights or fault codes.

For serious track and time-attack use, that matters more than any single spec number. A 981 running Racing Spec dampers keeps its mid-engine poise but stops the rear settling into the soft, road-biased damping curve PASM defaults to under load. The car turns in and holds through the apex on the settings you chose, not the ones the ECU decided were safe for a wet B-road.

What this coilover does for your 2012-2016 Porsche Cayman

Removing PASM’s electronic control loop and replacing it with a fixed mechanical damper means the 981’s rear end stops hunting for a compliance setting mid-corner – what you set at the paddock is what stays through every lap. Ride height drops and corner weights can be balanced properly, which on a mid-engine car does more for on-throttle rotation than on a front-engine layout, because the 981 already carries its mass low and central. Because this is the cancellation-kit spec, the dash stays clean and the car’s other electronics keep functioning normally with the PASM control removed from the loop. The result on track is a Cayman that changes direction on your inputs rather than the damper ECU’s interpretation of them, with the front end staying planted under trail-braking into slower corners instead of pushing wide.

About the Racing Spec coilover

XYZ Racing developed the Racing Spec line from direct involvement in circuit racing, including WTCC, so the damping settings supplied on this kit are pulled from actual race-event data rather than a bench-test baseline. For 981 owners running heavier modifications – bigger brakes, aero, a built engine – XYZ Racing also offers custom valving on this platform: send over the spec of what’s been changed on the car and which circuit it’s run at, and the dampers can be built around that combination rather than a generic Cayman setting. That’s a meaningful option on the 981 specifically, since cars pushed hard on track rarely stay anywhere near factory spec for long, and off-the-shelf damping curves start to fall short once the rest of the car has moved on. The construction and adjustment range are built around repeated hard use rather than occasional fast-road driving, which is the distinction between this line and XYZ’s fast-road-oriented kits.

Fitment for the Porsche Cayman (981) (Cancellation Kit for Electronic Damping) (2012-2016)

This kit is built for the Porsche 981-chassis Cayman across the full 2012-2016 production run, specifically configured to cancel and replace the factory electronic (PASM) damping system. Confirm your car was fitted with PASM from the factory before ordering, since this cancellation-kit variant is matched to that electronic architecture.

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Ready when you are – configure your 981’s Racing Spec setup below.